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"Best Ever Albums" Top 1000 Albums of the 1980s

The list of the Top 1000 Albums of the 1980's according to the metrics at www.besteveralbums.com. (List compiled in 2022).
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Pixies - Doolittle
Pixies - Doolittle
1
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
2
Remain in Light - Talking Heads
Remain in Light - Talking Heads
3
The Cure - Disintegration
The Cure - Disintegration
4
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
5
The Joshua Tree - U2
The Joshua Tree - U2
6
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
7
Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
8
Closer - Joy Division
Closer - Joy Division
9
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Thriller - Michael Jackson
10
Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution (1984)
Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution (1984)
11
Surfer Rosa - Pixies
Surfer Rosa - Pixies
12
Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
13
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Master of Puppets - Metallica
14
Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1987)
Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses (1987)
15
Graceland - Paul Simon
Graceland - Paul Simon
16
Back in Black - AC/DC
Back in Black - AC/DC
17
Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk
Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk
18
Murmur - R.E.M.
Murmur - R.E.M.
19
Moving Pictures - Rush
Moving Pictures - Rush
20
Ride the Lightning - Metallica
Ride the Lightning - Metallica
21
The Smiths - The Smiths
The Smiths - The Smiths
22
Sign O' the Times- Prince
Sign O' the Times- Prince
23
Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen (1984)
Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen (1984)
24
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
25
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
26
Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
27
The Replacements - Let It Be
The Replacements - Let It Be
28
Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
29
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
30
New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
31
Peter Gabriel - So
Peter Gabriel - So
32
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
33
Hatful of Hollow
Hatful of Hollow
34
The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
35
You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr
You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr
36
Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain
Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain
37
The Dreaming - Kate Bush
The Dreaming - Kate Bush
38
Pornography - The Cure
Pornography - The Cure
39
Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen (1982)
Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen (1982)
40
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